Assyrian International News Agencyhttp://www.aina.org/News and Analysis of Assyrian and Assyrian Related Issues Worldwide.en-usIslamic State Photos Claim to Show Continued Activity in Iraq02/17/2018The Islamic State has released propaganda photos that the terrorist group claims depicts the activities of its jihadists in Iraq despite declarations from the Iraqi government that IS has been ejected from the country.http://www.aina.org/news/20180217114948.htmKurdish Doctors Report Suspected Turkish Gas Attack in Syria02/17/2018BEIRUT (AP) -- Six civilians suffered breathing difficulties and other symptoms indicative of poison gas inhalation after an attack launched by Turkey on the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, local doctors and Syria's state-run news agency reported Saturday.http://www.aina.org/news/20180217114733.htmUN Concerned Over Mines in Mosul02/17/2018The UN expressed concern over the return of normal life in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, citing the presence of thousands of mines in the wake of the defeat of the Islamic State group (IS).http://www.aina.org/news/20180217114624.htmKurdish YPG Deny Any Syrian Soldiers Entering Afrin02/17/2018As Turkish forces continue to pound the Kurdish militias entrenched in Syria's Afrin, the latter refute claims about making arrangements with the Syrian government in order to solve their current predicament.http://www.aina.org/news/20180217114527.htmForeign Isis Fighters Must Be Seen to Face Justice02/17/2018Ever since young Muslims began leaving European cities for the battlefields of Syria, governments have been worrying about what to do when they came home.http://www.aina.org/news/20180217000421.htmChaldean Archbishop: 1400 Years of Muslim Persecution02/17/2018Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, talks about religious pluralism at Georgetown University in Washington Feb. 15. ( CNS/Tyler Orsburn)WASHINGTON -- If Christians in the Middle East are going to be "honest" with their Muslim dialogue partners, said Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, Muslims will have to acknowledhttp://www.aina.org/news/20180217000243.htmTurkey's Systematic Persecution of Religious Minorities02/16/2018The St. Gabriel Assyrian Monastery, founded in 397 A.D., in Midyat, Turkey.Despite the world-wide recognition of the status of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as the spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians, the government of Turkey will give no legal standing and status to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the historical Holy Centerhttp://www.aina.org/news/20180216141707.htmKurds Wanted Syrian Army to Enter Afrin, But Deal Failed02/16/2018The Syrian government reportedly rejected a request by the Kurdish self-government in Afrin to deploy troops to the area against an ongoing Turkish military operation, after the Kurds refused to lay down their weapons.http://www.aina.org/news/20180216114448.htmU.S. Military Mission In Syria Continues As ISIS Nears Defeat02/16/2018The Kurdish soldiers stand watch at this rustic outpost, nothing more than sand bags and hardened earth, like some sort of prehistoric fortress. Some of the fighters carry AK-47s, others hold machine guns.http://www.aina.org/news/20180216114359.htmSyria's Deputy FM Calls on Kurds, Arabs in Afrin to Unite Against Turkey02/16/2018Syria's deputy foreign minister called on Kurds and Arabs in Afrin to unite against Turkey's Operation Olive Branch. "Afrin is an integral party of the Syrian Arab Republic," Deputy Minister Fayssal Mikdad said on Wednesday, state-run SANA reported.http://www.aina.org/news/20180216114240.htmIraq's Rebuilding Cannot Start Without Reconciliation02/15/2018The president of the United States Institute of Peace, Nancy Lindborg, who has just visited Iraq, says divisions in the country remain an underlining problem.http://www.aina.org/news/20180215181146.htmEU Tries to Breathe Life Back Into U.N. Syria Talks02/15/2018SOFIA (Reuters) -- The European Union on Thursday called for a swift restart of the stalled United Nations peace talks for Syria, worried by Russia's efforts to tighten the grip on power of its ally, President Bashar al-Assad.http://www.aina.org/news/20180215181051.htmThe Assyrian King and His Aqueduct02/15/2018The aqueduct built by the Assyrian King Sennacherib.A massive feat of engineering lies hidden behind terrible roads and among dusty, forgotten fields. Now resembling little more than rubble, the ruins are the remains of an innovative aqueduct some speculate may have led to the world's most famous lost ancient wonder.http://www.aina.org/ata/20180215122658.htmWhy a Kurdish National State Will Fail02/15/2018On one of the Kurdish nationalist websites, Diyarbakir is described as the main centre for Kurdish economics, culture and politics in Turkey. The website, whose mission is both political and educational, provides a brief history of the city, claiming its ancient Byzantine name, Amed, as a Kurdish name.http://www.aina.org/news/20180215121952.htmTillerson Says U.S. Never Gave 'Heavy Arms' to Syrian Kurdish YPG02/15/2018BEIRUT (Reuters) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday the United States had "never given heavy arms" to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and there was therefore "nothing to take back".http://www.aina.org/news/20180215121810.htm